Raw Material

• Only virgin materials used in melting for all alloys.
• Nickel is sourced mainly from Europe.
• All other metals sourced from high-quality suppliers.
• Most of the metals used are pure/electrolytic grade to ensure highest purity levels.

Melting

• Completely integrated manufacturing facility; all alloys manufactured right from the melting stage.
• Melting done in Electric Furnaces.
• Capacity to melt in different batch sizes- big and small.
• Special techniques to control oxide levels.

Preparation of Ingots

• Pouring technique - ensures consistency and high surface quality.
• All ingots machined to remove surface defects from the melting stage.

Hot Rolling

• Ingots pre-heated (red hot) and then hot-rolled on a rolling mill.
• Ingots hot rolled to rods or strip form.
• Different roll-passes for different alloys.
• Rolling carried out at high speeds to prevent high temperature oxidation of materials.

Annealing

• Hot-rolled material subjected to batch annealing in controlled atmosphere furnaces.
• Optional cleaning of annealed material to remove the oxide layers.
• Cleaned material then washed with water for a thoroughly clean surface.
• Coated with a suitable lubricant carrier.

Drawing

• Heavy gauge wire drawn to size on modern high-speed drawing blocks.
• JLC has over 50 blocks in sets of 11, 9, 6, 5 and 3, etc.
• Wet drawing for wire sizes below 2 mm.

Cutting

• Wires cut in diameters from 5 mm to 0.80 mm and designed length.
• Welding Electrode core wires -  cut in lengths of 300/350/356 mm.
• Welding wires are cut at 1 m length; then stamped for relevant grade.
• Cut wires available for other special applications.

Redrawing

• Over 60 different types of wet wire drawing machines available based upon wire diameter and material.
• Polycrystalline/natural diamond dies used to obtain bright and smooth surface quality.
• Super fine wires up to diameters 0.05 mm also produced for special applications.

• JLC has a well-equipped die shop for continuous maintenance of wire drawing dies.
• In-house capability to manufacture dies.

Continuous Annealing

• Continuous annealing for desired surface finish.
• JLC has over 15 continuous annealing furnaces designed to anneal various Ni alloys.
• All furnaces have inert atmosphere to give bright annealed wires.

Strips

• Ni alloy strips made from melting/hot-rolling stage.
• Cold rolled and slit to required sizes.
• Customized width and thickness achieved.

Testing

• All alloys produced undergo several stages of inspection.
• Strict adherence to customer specifications.
• In-house, well-equipped physical and chemical testing lab supports the production.
• Testing Labs at JLC:
  • Chemical properties- by classical method as well as Spectro
  • Physical Properties - Coeff. of  thermal expansion; hardness; etc
  • Mechanical Properties - Tensile/Elongation
  • Magnetic Properties
  • EMF
  • Metallography/ Image analysis

Packing & Shipping

• Modern and well-equipped packaging department.
• Treated and IPPC marked wooden boxes.
• To ensure that all material is shipped defect-free and safely packaged.
• Standard spools used as per DIN standards.
• Thicker wires supplied in coils on pellets.
• Specialized packaging in other forms provided as per the customer requirement.